I made up a recipe.   (random re me)

I am not well known for my cooking skeelz. If you ask any of my college era housemates, it's actually quite the opposite. I've been known to cook up two cups of rice in my rice cooker and then just have rice with hot sauce for dinner. Yum. But that's not good enough these days. I'm steadily getting better at cooking, and it's kind of fun, even though I don't cook for other people all that often. So I was having a conversation with a friend of mine who used to be a chef and it occurred to me that whenever I cook, I always use a recipe. So what would happen if I didn't? I had some potatoes left over from making indian food not too long ago (cauliflower, peas, and potatoes) so I decided to use that as my base. The following recipe made two large-ish servings for me, and it reheated quite well (nuke 2 min, stir, nuke 1 min, add Texas Pete).

Beer Hash Browns
Cooking hardware needed:

• knife to cut up potatoes
• cutting board
• wooden spoons or some other stirring utensil
• large pot to boil potatoes
• large colander to drain potatoes
• large saucepan to finish off potatoes

Ingredients:

• 4 potatoes, decent size
• 2tsp minced garlic
• a can of crappy beer
• 4tsp canola oil
• salt, pepper
• cayenne pepper, thyme, oregano (can vary, spice to taste

Instructions:

• rinse potatoes
• cut up the 4 potatoes into 1/2" cubes, no need to peel unless you want to
• rinse again for good measure
• bring the large pot (about half filled with water) to a boil and add potatoes
• add 2tsp minced garlic and half a can of beer to the pot
• add some salt and cayenne pepper here if you like
• stir to disperse as evenly as possible
• keep at a medium boil for 15-20 min, stirring every now and then
• when the potatoes are almost tender enough, dump everything into the large colander
• add 4tsp of canola oil to the large saucepan (over medium heat)
• dump the potatoes into the saucepan
• spice to taste with salt, pepper, thyme, oregano, whatever you like
• stir for 5-10 minutes until the potatoes start to brown a bit
• serve!

Voila! Dave's first meal (? at least side dish!) cooked without a recipe. Let me know if you make/like it!